The magnificent five are riding into town!
Armed with over 100 instruments, these brilliant musicians perform music from the movies that made Clint Eastwood a star.
The stunning Ennio Morricone soundtrack includes The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, For A Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in The West.
This ingenious gang of comic maestros underscore these classic compositions with hilarious sound effects... blowing on bottles, crushing cornflakes, ‘playing' coathangers, apples, squeaky toys, rubbergloves, bicycle pumps, nailclippers and many more - recreating every punch up, gunshot, and jangling spur that define the gun slinging west.
Audiences across the world have stood and cheered this international sensation. Not to be missed.
Simply fantastic and a must-see show.
The Age, Australia
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The show is highly original and a new genre of concert performance. Five musicians are all multi instrumentalists and create a full orchestra sound playing a hundred instruments. It is inventive, funny and the musicians play the music brilliantly.
The Orchestra play 100 instruments including the remarkable Theremin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin, orchestral timpani, a vibraphone as well as 'made instruments' – Cornflakes, a child's boot, an asthma inhaler, knives and coat hangers!
What STOMP does with rhythm and 'made instruments' and CIRQUE DE SOLEIL did with circus and acrobats; THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN ORCHESTRA does with film soundtracks and musicians.
The show is very funny and often moving - it has 'CINEMA PARADISO' magic and nostalgia moments. The music is very rich and lush and exciting. The Orchestra are incredibly skilled multi-instrumentalists.
No sex, no violence and kids love it – they love the invention and the visual comedy, as well as the exciting music and it appeals to a mixed age range audience.
The audience are invited to join in – they feel a part of the show. The show ends with all guns blazing and with the audience singing along.
The show has consistently received standing ovations.
Makes westerns feel sexy and intelligent..very hip.
Spike Jones does Ennio Morricone.
Presenters worldwide love the show.
Composer-conductor Ennio Morricone, has composed more than 300 motion picture scores over a 45-year career. He won an Honorary Oscar in 2007. His film music includes THE MISSION, THE UNTOUCHABLES and CINEMA PARADISO. www.enniomorricone.com
The lighting and staging is visually beautiful and striking. The look of the costumes and musicians is similar to television's DEADWOOD.
There is an 'invisible storyline' - each musician is a character who comes alive again at the beginning of the show – conjured by the sunrise, to bring the music to life again.
It has a ROCKY HORROR and HAIRSPRAY cult feelgood factor about it.
This is a show that reverses the roles of Morricone and Sergio Leone….in the movies, Leone's images were the main character and Morricone's musical scores were the big hovering shadows…now Morricone takes the spotlight and Leone's colors sit backstage.
The show is an excellent tie-in to film and theatre and music studies in colleges.
USEFUL LINKS
www.youtube.com/sworchestra
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_Western
www.enniomorricone.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
ACTORS WHO APPEARED IN THE FILMS
Clint Eastwood
Charles Bronson
Henry Fonda
Rod Steiger
James Coburn
Jason Robards
Claudia Cardinale
Lee Van Cleef
Eli Wallach
Klaus Kinski
ATHENS
September 2009 Wed 16 to Fri 25 Badminton Theater www.badmintontheater.gr
NETHERLANDS and BELGIUM
Mon 28 Stadsschouwburg, Ljmuiden 8.15pm www.stadsschouwburgvelsen.nl Tues 29 De Oosterpport, Groningen 8pm www.de-oosterpoort.nl Wed 30 Cuultuurcentrum, Hasselt 8pm www.ccha.be October Thu 1 Theater de Veste, Delft 8.15pm www.theaterdeveste.nl Fri 2 Frits Philips, Eindhoven 8.15pm www.muziekcentrum.nl Sat 3 Purmaryn Theatre, Pumerend 8.15pm www.depurmaryn.nl Sun 4 Stadsshouwberg, Brugge 8.15pm www.cultuurcentrumbrugge.be
LONDON and BRIGHTON UK
Wed 7 QEH, Southbank Centre, London 7.30pm www.southbankcentre.co.uk Thu 8 QEH, Southbank Centre, London 7.30pm www.southbankcentre.co.uk Fri 9 Brighton Corn Exchange 8pm www.brightondome.org Sat 10 Brighton Corn Exchange 5pm and 8pm www.brightondome.org
FRANCE
Sun 11 Le Channel Calais 6.30pm www.lechannel.org Tue 13 Salle Poirel, Nancy 8.30pm www.nancyjazzpulsations.com Wed 14 La Comete, Chalon en Campagne 8.45pm www.la-comete.fr Thu 15 Espace Jacques Prevert, Savigny Le Temple 8.45pm www.scenedumonde.fr Fri 16 Le Pin Galant, Merignac 8.30pm www.lepingalant.com Sat 17 La Ferme Du Bel Ebat Gyancourt 8.30pm www.lafermedebelebat.fr Mon 19 Tourcoing Festival of Jazz 8pm www.tourcoing-jazz-festival.com Tue 20 Corbeil Theatre 8.45pm www.theatre-corbeil-essonnes.fr Wed 21 Cite des Congres Nantes Atlantique, Nantes 8.30pm www.congres-nantes.fr Thu 22 Colombes/L’Avant Scene 8.30pm www.lavant-seine.com Fri 23 Taverny Cultural Centre 8.30pm www.vile-taverny.fr Sat 24 Theatre Firmin Gemier, Antony 8.30pm www.theatrefirmingemier-lapiscine.fr
ITALY
Wed 27 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm www.teatrociak.it Thu 29 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Fri 30 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Sat 31 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm November Sun 1 Ciak Theatre, Milan 6pm Tue 3 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Wed 4 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Thu 5 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Fri 6 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Sat 7 Ciak Theatre, Milan 9pm Sun 8 Ciak Theatre, Milan 6pm Tue 10 Saschall Theatre, Florence 9pm www.saschall.it Thu 12 Manzoni Theatre, Bologna 9pm www.auditoriumanzoni.it Fri 13 Manzoni Theatre, Bologna 9pm www.auditoriumanzoni.it
PAST TOURING
The Spaghetti Western Orchestra premiered in 2007 and was the sell-out hit of The Montreal Jazz Festival. It then played L’Europeen Theatre in Paris, the St Pauli Theatre in Hamburg, the Koln Philharmonie and The Athenaeum Theatre In Melbourne.This year, the show returned to Montreal for the En Lumiere Festival at the Outremont Theatre.
The show completed a four week season in Paris playing at the Cafe De la Danse Theatre from Sept 16 to Oct 11 2008.
Spaghetti Western Orchestra played The Harbourfront Centre, Toronto from 17 to 19 Oct and toured across North America from 24th Oct to 11th Nov.
We are currently booking a major tour for Spring of 2010 including North America.
We also have availability at other periods during the year.
Please contact michael@ghmp.co.uk
CORPORATE/PRIVATE BOOKINGS
The Spaghetti Western Orchestra has a shortened set available for these events. For more information please contact Michael Brazier michael@ghmp.co.uk
NEW LIVE SHOW CD AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE
THE MUSIC
The Maestro’s Music in the show.
All compositions by Ennio Morricone
The Man With The Harmonica from the film Once Upon A Time In The West
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly from the film of the same name
A Gringo Like Me from the film Gunfight At Red Sands
Farewell To Cheyenne from the film Once Upon A Time In The West
Chi Mai from the film Maddalena
A Fistful Of Dollars from the film of the same name
Valkyries from the film My Name Is Nobody
For A Few Dollars More from the film of the same name
Two Mules For Sister Sara from the film of the same name
Death Rides A Horse from the film of the same name
The Ballad Of Hank McCain from the film Machine Gun McCain
60 Seconds To What? from the film For A Few Dollars More
Duck You Sucker from the film A Fistful of Dynamite
Once Upon A Time In The West from the film of the same name
Marcetta from the film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A Professional Gun from the film The Mercenary
THE ORCHESTRA PLAY:
Asthma Inhaler, Bass Recorder, Bassoon, Bells, Birdwings Sound Effect, Body Drop
Sound Effect, Bouncy Ball Pump, Castanets, Chickens Sound Effect, Child Sized
Boot, Claves, Coat Hangers (2), Concert Bass Drum, Concert Tom Toms, Cornflakes
(Small Packet and Large Packet), Creaky Door Sound Effect, Deck Of Cards, Double
Bass, Drum Kit, Dutch Clog & Tambourine Jingles, Egg Shakers, Electronic Sampler,
Fake Glasses, Film Canister, Bird Whistle, Finger Cymbals (2), Footsteps Sound Effect,
Frog Clicker, Harmonica (Working), Harmonica (Broken), Horseshoe, Jews Harps (6),
Kat Midi Controller (2 Octaves), Kitchen Knife with Sharpening Steel, Latchbolt Sound
Effect, Mandolin, Maracas (I Pair), Melodeon (2), Nail Clippers, Nail File, Ocarina, One
Note Saxophone, Orchestral Whip, Packaging Tape (1 Roll), Pan Pipes, Piano, Plastic
Bags (2), Policeman’s Whistle, Ratchet, Reel- To-Reel Tape Machine, Sticks And Twigs
(Locally Sourced), String Can, Suspended Cymbals, Synthesizer, Tam Tam, Tasmanian
Lottery Balls, Theremin, Timpani (3), Tin Whistle (5), Trumpet, Tuned Beer Bottles (11),
Two Tone Whistle, Ukulele, Vibraphone Wind Machine, Wooden Cowbells.
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New Spaghetti Western Orchestra CD
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Clint Eastwood: How The West Was Won
See Independent Newspaper interview with Clint Eastwood about Sergio Leone
Click here to read the full interview
Clint Eastwood's full interview, with further photos, can be found in the June issue of 'Empire' magazine on sale from Thursday 23 April.
Autumn 2009 tour dates
Please go to Tour Dates for full information of our tour to
ATHENS, NETHERLANDS, LONDON, BRIGHTON, FRANCE AND ITALY
The Spaghetti Western Orchestra was originally created in Australia by Graeme Leak, Patrick Cronin, David Hewitt, Boris Conley and former member Dan Witton. They shared a passion for the music of Ennio Morricone and were fascinated by the sound effects and foley techniques used in the Spaghetti Westerns.
The show achieved huge success at The Edinburgh Festival. It was there that the group (joined by new member Philip McLeod) met director Denis Blais. Inspired by their work and ideas, Denis joined as director and designer. The Spaghetti Western Orchestra premiered at The Montreal Jazz Festival in 2007.
Boris Conley is...THE GOLDSCHMELLER
Favourite Spaghetti Western Film
Once Upon A Time In The West
Favourite Spaghetti Western Actor
Eli Wallach
Favourite Line
'…everybody here has become very rich or else they are dead'.
from Fistful of Dollars, spoken by the bell-ringer to the Man With No Name as he enters town.
WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW
"When we play the Morricone themes we imagine that we are in the world of the movies. Sometimes I look around on stage and see only four other performers and wonder how we make such a huge sound. I love playing the pipe organ solo from “For A Few Dollars More” where the audience can feel the basso profundo tones vibrating their seats”
BIOGRAPHY
After studies at the Canberra School of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts, Boris forged a career as a composer, musician and performer in theatre. His early experience in these roles included musical director of The Flying Fruit Fly Circus and the co-composition of the highly acclaimed music theatre piece Cho Cho San, an adaptation of the Madame Butterfly story.
He has composed the music for numerous visual theatre shows including The Reading Boy, Viva la Vida Frida and The Paperbag Princess for Handspan Theatre. For the Melbourne Theatre Company he played piano for Knuckledusters - The Gems of Edith Sitwell, and was the musician for Gulliver's Travels. Boris also composed Aqua, a dance piece for the Australian Ballet, and The Witch of Endor, a short opera for OzOpera.
As a performer he appeared on Frontline (ABC TV) and more recently in Chamber Made Opera's production of Phobia and in The Spaghetti Western Orchestra and The Session.
David Hewitt is...THE LIETELLLER
Favourite Spaghetti Western Film
Once Upon A Time In The West
Favourite Spaghetti Western Actor
Eli Wallach
Favourite Line
'…everybody here has become very rich or else they are dead'.
from Fistful of Dollars, spoken by the bell-ringer to the Man With No Name as he enters town.
WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW
"When we play the Morricone themes we imagine that we are in the world of the movies. Sometimes I look around on stage and see only four other performers and wonder how we make such a huge sound. I love playing the pipe organ solo from “For A Few Dollars More” where the audience can feel the basso profundo tones vibrating their seats”
BIOGRAPHY
David has been active as a percussionist, performer and composer in a wide range of contexts including concert hall, theatre, dance, film, television, and radio.
He has been a member of the percussion group Synergy since 1998, performing at numerous festivals including the Stockholm International Percussion Event, Budapest Spring Festival, Hannover World Drum Festival, World Expo 2000, Singapore Festival of the Arts, Warsaw Percussion Festival and in collaborations with Fritz Hauser, Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Ali d’Aye Rose. Recent highlights include the premiere season of Dreaming Transportation at the Sydney Festival by Andrée Greenwell with Deborah Conway, and the invitation to perform in concert at the Sydney Opera House in the presence of H.H. The Dalai Lama to honour his visit to Australia.
David was a founding member of Taikoz, a Sydney based Company specialising in the development and performance of contemporary Wadaiko (Japanese Drumming). Taikoz has performed at the Sydney Festival, Broadcast for the BBC and toured Japan with eminent O-Daiko soloist Eitetsu Hayashi.
As a solo performer David has appeared with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Seymour Group. David’s credits as a freelance player include working with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Song Company, the Sydney Alpha Company, Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Company, Aphids and Robyn Archer. With the Sydney Dance Company he has toured Australia, New Zealand, Germany, USA, China and Mexico.
David also teaches at the Victorian College of the Arts and is a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
Graeme Leak is...THE BANKTELLER
Favourite Spaghetti Western Film
I can't name a favourite...I really can't!
Favourite Spaghetti Western Actor and Line
Eli Wallach lives in my memory the longest, especially when he says to his young son during a coach robbery ‘How many times have I told you – no shooting unless Papa pulls the trigger!’
WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW
"The show is full of wonderful moments for me and it’s hard to play favourites but performing the theme from Once Upon a Time in the West on Theremin is right up there. I imagine that I’m a ridiculously high soprano (I play the theme an octave or sometimes two higher than humanly possible) filling the auditorium with a beautiful alien voice. In general, I love the way we’ve managed as an ensemble over the years to bring what are usually considered non-musical performance elements (noises, sound effects, odd instruments, character gestures and movements, grunting even) together to make musical sense. The way Morricone combined the music of the soul with the music of the everyday in such a powerful way in the Spaghetti Western scores is still my primary inspiration".
BIOGRAPHY
Graeme Leak is an acclaimed performer and composer with a background in percussion and drumming. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium under Alard Maling and Jack Purdon and in 1985 he lived and studied in New York.
Graeme's diverse activities include a decade (the 1980s) of contemporary music performance championing new Australian composition, solo performances in comedy, cabaret, concert hall, theatre and nightclub venues and many innovative projects in music-theatre, dance and improvised music. In November 2001 he led over 500 bell ringers in a massed performance at the Myer Music Bowl for the closing concert of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. In 2003 he completed an outback project for the Queensland Music Festival where he designed, built and led the locals in playing a Musical Fence.
In 2005 he wrote and directed The Incredible Hulls, a work for a floating 'orchestra' of up to 100 boats and in 2006 he wrote and directed the closing Finale for a 'superstar' World Percussion Spectacular, performed by 160 percussionists from around the world as part of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
Phillip McLeod is...THE YOUNGFELLER
Favourite Spaghetti Western Film
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly. (I'm a traditionalist!).
Favourite Spaghetti Western Actor
Clint Eastwood
Favourite Line
'Every gun makes it's own tune'.
WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW
"When the lights go down and I bend the first wailing note on the harmonica I feel transported to the scene at the start of Once Upon a Time in the West; we are in the desert and the train has just left the station. It is so enjoyable to be able to play back to back huge epic Morricone themes from the famous Spaghetti Western films and then explore some of his more delicate works such as Chi Mai. I think one of my favourite moments in the show is where I get to stand down stage by myself in a packed auditorium and play solo harmonica. It is both exciting and frightening at the same time."
BIOGRAPHY
Philip McLeod is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and composer. As a co-founder of The Blue Grassy Knoll he has toured the world performing original soundtracks to Buster Keaton films everywhere from a New York Broadway season to Brazil to receiving five star reviews in Edinburgh. Recently he has also been playing cello with ARIA award winning vocalist Missy Higgins, and double bass with Edinburgh favourites Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen. He has been composing for Nuevo Tango ensemble Bellocq and playing accordion in the club scene with Dub-Tango band Tangazo. He works regularly with Irish Cabaret singer Camille O'Sullivan and Russian criminal band Vulgagrad. He has played on the recordings of many of Australia's leading musicians and continues to perform and write music for dance and theatre productions.
Patrick Cronin is...THE STORYTELLER
Favourite Spaghetti Western Film
For A Few Dollars More
Favourite Spaghetti Western Actor
Franco Nero as Django
Favourite Line
'Hey Amigo, you know you’ve got a face beautiful enough to be worth 2,000 dollars?'
WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW
"For me, the Spaghetti Western Orchestra is a fantastic performance vehicle. It is a challenging show that draws on everything I’ve learnt in my twin backgrounds in music and comedy. But what gives me the greatest satisfaction is working with the guys as an ensemble. Five of us creating this layered soundscape of music, sound effects and text demands a discipline and sensitivity towards the whole performance that tempers my natural tendency toward unbridled and selfish upstaging - the SWO is good for my moral fibre. Then there is the music itself. Performing Morricone’s scores is a rich and rewarding musical experience - heroic western themes, delicate slow passages, crazed bar room honky tonk. The music is beautifully composed and a joy to play, and how else do I get to whistle for a living?”
BIOGRAPHY
Since 1985 Patrick has worked in theatre, comedy, music theatre and outdoor performance with a variety of theatre companies and performance ensembles including Chamber Made Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne Workers Theatre, The Cabbage Brothers and The Men Who Knew Too Much. Patrick's musical interests have taken him from 30s swing to latin to film music with bands such as Texicali Rose, Sally Ford and the Pachuco Playboys, The Melbourne Ska Orchestra and The Spaghetti Western Orchestra. As a creative producer, Patrick has produced numerous events for Melbourne International Arts Festival - highlights include the original commissioning of The Urban Dream Capsule, The Vic Health Festival of Music, Singing in the Square, Bells and Brass at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Opening Night Celebrations of the 1995 & 1996 Festivals. He has also curated music events for the Victorian Arts Centre and was an Artistic Consultant to Our Nation On Parade as part of the 2001 Centenary of Federation Celebrations.
Director & Designer : DENIS BLAIS
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
These reflections brought me to the concept: what if musical scores were to come to life. Not in visual adaptations; but in surreal live performance. A reincarnation of pauses, grunts, notes and gestures.
In the days of Silent Movies the musical scores were played live. The actors on the screen looked somewhat ghostly and over exposed in their white make up and black eyeliner features. The musical narrative was imperative to the atmosphere of the film. There was a certain magic in that. So I thought physical theatre/comedy. Big Shadows. That’s what the sounds look and feel like. But what about the great facial expressions? If we were to go into large concert halls and theatres, how were we to be able to pick up those smirks and grimaces? I remembered the Robert Wilson panto/operetta’s performances, I had gone to see, such as Black Rider and Woycezk, seated in row Y or X. I could see almost every detail because of one thing: the make up. Then I went back to look at old silent movies and felt that I had found, in part, the solution. I felt it completely unnecessary to have projected film to assist the concerts. We are always spoon fed everything today and too often we leave a show feeling lazy and unsurprised by the explicitness of the whole experience. It’s the old problem of adaptation. How many times do they turn a book into a film only for the reader to be severely disappointed. It falls simply on the fact that we IMAGINED it differently when we read it. Yes we created our very own visual landscape. So it should be with The Spaghetti Western Orchestra concert.
We must drive the imagination and stir the souls of past memories. Let the audience dream and try to remember when they first saw the films: where they were, what scene was this in, what it felt like.
We will have visual effects but they will not be used as cerebral imagery fillers. They will take the shape of large colour fields and figurative shadows.
The stage set is a blank page: white cyclorama and white stage floor. The story is told as you perform it. It absorbs the performance and casts long exaggerated shadows like the grunts and squeaks you emit. You leave a very large visual footprint through the music and atmosphere you create. The three large orange acrylic discs look like giant gel-like cymbals. They push the constant elegiac tryptonic themes Leone was so obsessed with: innocence, death and revenge. Think of the TRILOGY: Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
So it is with this train of thought that we position an invisible story line. The word invisible conjures shadows and spirits. The musicians are five ghosts/spirits that were left in the visual graveyard coming back to spook or should I say enchant us into a state of time regained/borrowed and buried. Enter: STORYTELLER, BANKTELLER, LIETELLER, GOLDSCHMELLER AND YOUNGFELLER.
lighting designer : KEITH TUCKER
sound design : STEPH O’HARA
producer : GLYNIS HENDERSON
See www.ghmp.co.uk for more information on GLYNIS HENDERSON PRODUCTIONS
COMMENTS FROM THEATRES ON TOUR
How fantastic the show was...congratulations - they really are a lovely group of people.
Tanya Carinci - Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
Great show! Loved every minute.
Leigh Chandler - Head of Marketing at Flynn Centre, Burlington, USA
I loved it!
Philip Morris - Director at Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, USA
Their antics are dramatic and comedic while the music is performed beautifully. I believe this is going to go down in Cowan Center history as one of everyone’s favorites.
Susan Tomae-Morphew - Director at the Cowan Center, Tyler, USA
LATEST PRESS QUOTES
SWO dazzled with a number of Foley sequences, in which they mimicked the creation of sound effects for the films. A gunfight sequence was magical, with sounds coming from boxes of cereal, collard greens and cabbages, wooden clogs, nail files and a frog clicker.
Times Union, Schnectady, NY
If Pink Floyd met Frank Zappa and the Blue Man Group over a few sarsparillas and a fist-fight in a saloon, the aftermath would result in the gritty, retro-jazz-cat collective known as the Spaghetti Western Orchestra.
Edward Burke (AKA DJ Seamus) on WWPV 88.7-FM “The Mike” 29 Oct 2009
An absolute delight.
Classic 963fm, Canada
Brilliant comedic timing...a total charmer from start to finish.
Outreach Connection, Canada
A moving, cheeky and hilarious hommage to the genius of Morricone.
Le Parisien, France
Inspiring and brilliantly performed. This show grabs you by the collar and shoves your nose into the dust of the desert.
Commeacinema.com
One of the most inventive and refreshing shows. Wake up Ennio, these five nuts are singing your tune!
TSFJazz.com
So much more than a concert, this is an hilarious and inventive show.
AFP (National French Press Agency)
Unmissable!
Night Life, France
PRESS QUOTES 2007
As good as watching the movies themselves.
Le Devoir, Canada
The Spaghetti Western Orchestra takes Morricone’s magnificent works further than just the playing of music in a way that is thoroughly remarkable. Don't miss this magical performance.
Die Welt, Germany
A witty collage of stylised film dialogue, improvised soundtracks and sound effects. A masterpiece of first class arrangements of Ennio Morricone’s music, lovingly interspersed film quotations, and stunning acoustic and visual gags. Fully loaded musical theatre done to perfection. Don’t miss it!
Hamburger Abendblatt, Germany
‘Ayayaaaaaayyyyyhh!’ – The Spaghetti Western Orchestra is both hilarious and deadly serious.
Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Germany
Simply fantastic and a must-see show.
The Age, Australia
Pure performance - music, drama and comedy - musicianship and arrangements of the highest order.
The List, UK
That the musicians perform with the enormous gravity of a Mozart symphony only serves to make this extraordinary show all the funnier.
The Guardian, UK
Compelling theatricality and kaleidoscopic range of moods, from slapstick hilarity to authentically creepy menace. An inspired show.
The Scotsman, UK
A fistful of moody and magnificent interpretations.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
You will marvel at their ingenuity.
Metro, UK
CONTACT FOR PRESS RELEASE, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS and PHOTOS
Please contact Michael Brazier michael@ghmp.co.uk
WORLDWIDE MANAGEMENT
Glynis Henderson Productions Ltd produces, general manages and represents a variety of theatre, music and dance productions. The company specialises in introducing unique and exciting new work to an international audience . It has proudly presented a broad range of productions over the years, and throughout the world. www.ghmp.co.uk
After is successful premiere at The Brighton Festival, GHP brought LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA to The Sydney Festival and to The South Bank Centre in 2008. The show also played Carre in Amsterdam this year.
GHP is the original co-producer of STOMP with the show’s creators Yes/No Productions and has promoted and general managed STOMP on tour worldwide (with the exception of North America) for 15 years and has general managed the show in the West End since 2002. Currently playing at The Ambassadors Theatre.
The company has managed award winning ENNIO MARCHETTO for over 16 years. Ennio ‘the living cartoon’ continues to tour worldwide www.enniomarchetto.com
GHP is the international promoter and general manager for SPAGHETTI WESTERN ORCHESTRA. The show premiered in 2007 and was the sell-out hit of The Montreal Jazz Festival. It then played L’Europeen Theatre in Paris, the St Pauli Theatre in Hamburg, the Koln Philharmonie and The Athenaeum Theatre In Melbourne. In 2008, the show returned to Montreal for the En Lumiere Festival at the Outremont Theatre and a season in Paris followed by a North American tour - receiving tremendous critical and audience response.
GHP is the worldwide management for SPYMONKEY, presenting Spymonkey’s Cooped at the Edinburgh Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Brighton Festival in 2006. The show subsequently played the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, the South Bank Centre, London and the Espoo Theatre, Finland. Cooped has played the New World Stage Festival at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto and toured the Netherlands in Spring 2008. The show played at The Leicester Square Theatre, London as part of the Big Joke/Just For Laughs Festival in September 2008. Spymonkey's new show MOby Dick will premiere in September. www.spymonkey.co.uk
GHP is also the worldwide management for American comedy actor RICH FULCHER. A talented improvisor / comedian / writer, Rich has played Bob Fossil and other characters in three series of The Mighty Boosh for Baby Cow and BBC TV and Rich also toured the UK with The Mighty Boosh Live. He starred and co- wrote Snuffbox with Matt Berry. He is currently writing a film script. www.richfulcher.com
A new signing for 2009 - James: Rhodes www.jamesrhodespianist.com. James is a young, exciting and exceptionally talented pianist recently signed to Signum records. His debut CD, Razorblades, Little Pills and Big Pianos was released at the end of January 2009. James has just performed at the Southbank Centre and at The Roundhouse in London this year to great critical and audience acclaim.
GHP is the UK promoter for YAMATO - The Drummers of Japan. The show toured throughout the UK in April 2008.
GHP co-produced of THE OVERCOAT (conceived and directed by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling) with the Canadian Stage Company in Toronto and the Bushnell Center USA.
For further information regarding touring and availability of any GHP show please contact:
Glynis Henderson Productions
69 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 4PJ
tel +44 (0) 207 580 9644
email info@ghmp.co.uk
www.ghmp.co.uk
Booking enquiries
SWO Contact: Michael Brazier michael@ghmp.co.uk
“The Spaghetti Western Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Victoria and the Australia Council for the Arts”
© 2008 Spaghetti Western Orchestra & Respective Artists. Website designed by: PATRICK MORRIS (www.morrisdesignoffice.com)
